Leo's face was red with anger. He had followed her down here cause his mind wasn't settled when he knew who she was going to meet and just as if his instincts were right,he found her being surrounded by perverted men.
"If you ever dare to lay your hands on her again, you'll regret it." He said and flung away the man's hand.
Kylie stood behind him and held his arm sighing in relief that he can at the right time.
"And who are you to tell us what to do?" Another man questioned.
Leo pulled Kylie from behind him and held her. "Her husband." He said without hesitation.
Kylie looked up at him. Her eyes shiny with thoughts as her heart raced.
What was going on in his mind? For the first time,he called himself her husband without sarcasm or arrogance. He called it like they shared something deep with each other.
He held her hand in his and turned to walk away from the club.
"So you married a whore?" He said and the other men jee
For days, Kylie wondered why Rex did that to her. Why he called her to show up at the club and ended up not coming.It was all because of him she got such humiliation. If not for Leo,she might have even be molested that night.And speaking of Leo,his current attitude towards her was surprising. He was all nice and lovely especially in the presence of her mother.Yeah right. That was the reason he was nice. Her mother was still around and despite the fact that she hated it due to the inconveniences she had with Leo,she kinda liked it too because of Sheila.Her mother was caring for the baby more than she expected. It was like she had always wanted a second child but only got one.Kylie was finishing the final touch of her make up when her phone rang. She picked it up and saw the caller ID. Leo."Yes?" She said after the second ring."You're still home?" He asked."Yes. Heading to the office in about thirty minutes. Why?" She ask
The D-Day finally arrived. The London's Broadway's high fashion and for the first time,Kylie was nervous about it. There was a good competitor on the block, Roselle. She was quite a cheat but yet still good."You should take in deep breaths." Leo said behind her as she stared at herself in the vanity mirror."I am Leo. Can't you see I am?" She retorted taking in deep breaths.He went behind her and unclasped her necklace and she gasped. "What was that for?" She asked him.He didn't respond to her,instead he took the necklace from her neck and picked up another from her collection."For a high fashionista,you sure don't know how to blend your dresses with your necklaces." He said as he clipped the necklace.Kylie stared at herself in the mirror and she accepted his choice was better than hers."So what are you now? A fashion boy?" She asked raising a brow.He chuckled. "Your fashion boy." He said. She stared at him. He was becom
"I'm panicking a lot now Leo. I don't know what to do. If my last model doesn't show out there, it's over for me. All my chances of winning is forfeited." She said out of breath. She was trying her best not to burst into tears."Listen to me Kylie,you can think of something. I know you can." Leo said to her holding her shoulders.She shook her head. "It's all over. The dress is ruined. Roselle has finally got what she wanted." Kylie said in a devastated and defeated tone.Leo walked up to the dress and examined it. He started to rip off some sides of the dress with a scissors."What the bloody hell are you doing?!" Kylie asked alarmed as the rest of team gasped in shock.He paid no attention to her until he was done and then took off the dress from the mannequin and faced her."Go wear it. Be your own model." He said."What?" She asked in shock.He held her arms. "I know you don't trust me but listen to me for once please." He
Leo sat in the comfort of his office going through newspapers about the business world. The latest stock in the market when an headline caught his attention. He read the headline of the newspaper. "KYLIE SHELL PUBLIC DISPLAY FOR HER HUSBAND AT THE BROADWAY." And there was a picture of Kylie blowing him a kiss and also kissing his cheek. The kissing of his cheek he was well aware of but the latter he was not. Staring at the picture,he wondered if she did it for the media just as usual or not. Her expression was saying otherwise. She looked like she meant it but he could not say. She was a pro at acting sweet. He put the paper aside and the next one showed him holding Kylie,he skipped it not wanting to know what details were written there but the next one he could not ignore as the headline boldly wrote, "A BABY SO SOON?" And under it was the most crazy write up he had ever seen with a picture of him and Kylie with the family by the side. The writer won
The days rolled into weeks and weeks into months and Leo was fighting with himself. He had an inner battle with himself and this was about Kylie. The marriage. The undeniable feelings sprouting. Her essence. Her every being. He could no longer resist. He had not expected himself to feel this way for her. It was too soon and despite him denying it,the feelings lingered there. As a man who had never really being in love,he was quite unsure of it. It was only one thing he made clear to himself for now and that was he wanted her. He wanted her so badly that it hurts. He's been a celibate since the idea of getting married to her grew in her mother and his mother's head. He could no longer handle it. He could still remember the long cold shower he takes whenever he caught her naked or thought of her writhing beneath him. He sighed as he signed the last bit of paperwork. He had always prided himself for not mixing work and his personal life together
The sun rays filtered into the room and Leo was forced to stir up from his sleep.He groaned as he lifted his head,a wave of migraine hitting him hard.With his head lowered and his hand on his face,he got to a sitting position muttering to himself.Something was yet to register in his head. He felt like he was forgetting something and just at that moment Kylie's lipstick fell to the ground as she was about to apply it on her lips and the sound caught Leo's attention.She picked up the lipstick and their eyes met and she looked at him with remorse and looked away.That was when it all came to Leo. He looked at her side of the bed and noticed the red stains on it and he vividly remembered everything.Damn! He hurled damnations at himself as he realized he had forced himself on her.What would she think of him now? That he had taken advantage of her? Which he did. He swore.Why couldn't he control what was in between his legs. Why didn't he resist her a
"What are you doing?" She blurted out.He ignored her outburst still smiling as he pulled back a seat for her."Come sit down." He said to her.Slowly with hesitation,she walked towards him and sat down muttering a thank you and he placed a light kiss on her cheek.Kylie's stomach flipped and she pulled away from him.She wondered if he didn't go to work today just to do this.He sat opposite her still smiling. All she wanted to do was ignore him and just stare ridiculously at him but she could not pretend to be oblivious to the strawberry bruschetta sitting in front of her looking so creamy and gosh.. it was her favorite and also was the chicken piccata and she eyed it.How did he know these were are favorites?And like he read her mind, "I've been seeing you tell Nana to make them for you and I did my findings and they turned out accurate." He said.Kylie ignored him and dived into the strawberry bruschetta and moaned
Kylie was holding Sheila in her arms when she got a call from Rex. She placed Sheila in her stroller and picked up the call."Baby girl." He drawled."Really? Am I?" She questioned him."I've messed up a couple of times and I'm sorry about it." He apologized."Sorry? First you didn't show up at the club you asked me to be and then when during the Broadway show,you just disappeared without congratulating me and you never called since then." She said to him."What do you want me to do Kylie? You're married to someone else now and I do try to call you. Do you ever call me?" He demanded turning the tables against her."Rex,I'm sorry.. I," She began to feel guilty.Out of nowhere, Leo snatched her phone from her hand and placed it on loudspeaker."Don't you call this number again. She's now mine." He said and didn't wait to receive an answer as he ended the call."What the heck was that for?" She asked angrily."
Leo got to his lawyer's firm and walked into his office. "It's a good thing I took the papers to the inspector today." Leo said to him as they shook hands. That was why Leo could rush over to his place.Mr Tony sat back on his swivelling chair. "Let me see the papers." He said to him.Leo handed the court papers to him and Tony went through it. He looked at Leo."This is fake Leo." He said to him and Leo stared at him in shock."What are you saying?" Leo asked sitting up. "The court order is fake Leo. There isn't going to be any court case between you and this woman." He said to her.Leo stared at him in disbelief. "But I went to the address. I got the phone number of the lawyer who issued it." Leo said to him."And have you given him a call?" Tony asked him. Leo shook his head."Why I wanted his number was to get Sheila's mom address but I met her on my way back home." Leo explained."Call him now." Tony told him.Leo pulled out his phone and called the lawyer placing him on speaker.
Sheila's so called mother did not stop coming to the house and when Leo made it known to the securities never to let her in,she threatened to deal severely with them and within weeks,a court letter arrived at the doorstep of the Michaelson's.Kylie could hardly believe it when she read the letter with Leo and Sheila's questioning too was making think so much that this letter was the final straw that made her completely distraught."What do we do Leo?" She asked him.He folded the letter. "I'll get in contact with my lawyer. If this is what she wants then she should be able to face what's coming. I'll never let Sheila go with her." He said."What if she wins the case? What will we do?" She asked him."Have a little faith in your husband Kylie, I'll not let that happen. We have every right to Sheila." He said."But she's the birth mother!" Kylie exclaimed worriedly and looked around hoping the kids weren't there to hear her outburst. She won't be able to hide it forever. Someday she'd t
**Five years later**"Mom!" Derrick called out loud and Kylie was forced to close her laptop the instant the five years walked into the room, matched up to her with a scowl on his face. He'd been yelling for her through the hallway."What is it sweetie?" She asked him ruffling his brown hair. This was the product of the fruit that had been inside of her six years ago."It's Sheila. She doesn't want to play with me." He complained."What do you mean?" She asked him."She's busy with her princesses coloring book and says she won't play with me until she's done." He said still pouting.Kylie forced herself not to roll her eyes. He was fond of getting upset over little or meaningless things."Well why don't you wait for uh?" She asked him."But I want to play make believe with her now!" He whined and began to throw a tantrum. She could barely handle him. Leo was the one perfect with handling him when he begins to throw fits. Just like the one he's doing now."Alright listen to me," She sa
The rays of the early morning sun filtered into the room and awaking the lovers who had spent passionate hours together.Kylie was the first to wake up and as she did,she stared at Leo still asleep. She watched his steady breathing and his face. Yes she loved him very much and she wasn't going to pretend. She wanted to remain like this forever with him.She wished she could resay her marriage vows to him and this time she'd mean every word of it. Not because she was forced to marry him but because her heart called out for him.This could be the best thing her mother had ever done for her and for the first time,she was grateful to her for it.She placed her lips on his for a quick kiss and then head to the bathroom. As she turned away to leave after kissing him,he pulled her back to him and she gasped."You wanna leave me here hm?" He asked her with half closed eyes."Good morning,I thought you were sleeping." She said to him with a smile."Well that kiss is surely a good way to start
Kylie watched Leo from the pantry door as he played with Sheila in the living room. It was a lovely sight to see and this time she knew in her heart that she wanted this man. It's been weeks and she could not deny that the feelings were growing stronger daily.She wanted her world wrapped around him and his with hers. She wanted to stay here and she knew it was going to be possible if she accepts it to be. Hell,she was going to accept it. She was going to stay here. No one could love her and Sheila like he does."Why don't you join them dear. I'll finish up here with Patricia." Agnes said to her watching the way she looked at Leo and her daughter.Kylie shook her head. "No no. I'll finish up here first." She said to her.Agnes smiled. "It's becoming less of a burden seeing him around now hm?" She asked and Kylie walked back to her and smiled back as she handed the bag of flour to her."Not a single burden at all." She said to her."Finally, it's all falling in one piece." She said and
For days Kylie could not get the events that happened with her and Rex out of her mind. For him to still be out there uncaught made her worry the more. What if he tries such act again? But then,there was Leo who had hired her a bodyguard. She'd been against it but still he did not relent. He did what he thought was best for her.Here she was resuming her work again and still unable to concentrate. Her thoughts divided from the files in front of her. It was her continuous racing heart whenever she was around Leo that was beginning to alarm her. What was it with him that made her have butterflies in her stomach and made her knees weak. Was it his touch or the way he looked at her with loving eyes these days? What was going on in his mind? she wondered.All of a sudden she lost interest in work and wanted to go home. She wanted to be with her little daughter who was growing bigger by the day. She wanted to have a little day out with her. She needed to bond with her just a
Kylie was grateful to Leo for coming to get her as he wrapped his jacket around her to cover her bare skin. She was literally shaken from what just happened. Shaken that Rex could be this cruel to her.As they drove home with the police car behind them Leo held Kylie close to himself at the backseat of the car while Oliver took the wheels. She sank deeper into Leo's body as she found comfort in them.Leo was thankful to Oliver for coming along with him. He'd not wanted to get anyone killed but when it came to that, Oliver had got that covered for him. Killing the three men they encountered before he got to Kylie.The drive home was a silent and torturous one for Kylie. She wanted to speak. Vent out her anger and hurt about Rex but she kept quiet about it instead and stayed in Leo's arms till they got to her parents place.As Oliver parked the car and stepped out,Leo stepped out with Kylie too and together they walked into the house.Carina screamed
Kylie was panicking as she was blindfolded and roughly towed along towards God knows where. All she could feel underneath her feet was crispy dried leaves but with no knowledge where she was being taken to. She was pushed roughly into a shabby cabin and she gasped when she stumbled, almost falling to the ground.A calloused hand gripped her arm and got her seated on the ground and began tying her up. He tied her hands behind her back and tied her legs together to prevent her from escaping.She whimpered as his fingers bruised her with each roping around her wrists."What do you want from me?" She finally asked finding her voice. "Is it money? Let me go and I'll give you all of it." She said to him.He chuckled. "That would have been a good bargain but someone else is not interested in your money." He said."Who is that person please? What does he want from me?" She asked."You're find out soon." He said to her and just then she heard footste
Leo was seated in the meeting room watching his staffs go on and on about a latest model. He was there with them but his mind wasn't. He was barely listening. He was thinking of the pretty wife at her mother's place. He couldn't wait to leave this meeting and go be with her and enjoy the comfort he was finding in her arms.He was usually grumpy towards his staffs and was always early to the office but recently his staffs had noticed a change in him. A radiant smile on his face every now and then.He was less of a grump now and answered greetings with a smile. They loved this side of him and wanted him to stay that way. They believed it had to do with his marriage."Sir," Lance tapped him."Uh?" He said disoriented as he looked up."You have a call." Lance said to him handing his phone to him.Leo took the phone and stared at the caller ID. Kylie. He should change her name to something sweet and romantic. He almost slapped his head at t